The penal landscape : the Howard League guide to criminal justice in England and Wales / / edited by Anita Dockley and Ian Loader

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.942
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - England; Criminal justice, Administration of - Wales
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DockleyAnita LoaderIan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE BY ANITA DOCKLEY, RESEARCH DIRECTOR, THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM; Introduction: Mapping the penal landscape of England and Wales; 1 Social structural processes and the operation of the criminal justice system; 2 Prisons and privatisation: policy, practice and evaluation; 3 Policing in England and Wales: challenges and pressure points; 4 Replacing the ASBO: an opportunity to stem the flow into the criminal justice system ; 5 The influence of sentencing and the courts on the prison population6 The devil in the detail: community sentences, probation and the market; 7 Mental disorder and imprisonment: understanding an intractable problem?; 8 Minority groups and the penal landscape: challenges for research and policy; 9 Raw deal: the curious expansion of penal control over women and girls; 10 Children, young people and the contemporary penal landscape: reflections, prospects, policy and research; ABOUT THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all. In this collection of ten papers, the charity has brought together some of the most prominent academic experts in the field to map out the what is happening in a specific area of criminal justice policy ranging from prison privatisation to policing and the role of community sentences. The Howard League guide has two main aims: first it seeks to paint a picture of th
• Titolo autorizzato: The penal landscape
• ISBN: 0-203-55009-9; 1-299-48390-9; 1-135-91985-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452963203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II